SpaceX launches NRO satellites
Posted: Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 8:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
SpaceX launched another set of satellites Thursday for an NRO constellation. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:13 pm EDT (1717 GMT) on the NROL-167 mission. The launch carried a fourth batch of satellites developed by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for an NRO proliferated constellation designed to track ground targets in near real time. Neither SpaceX nor the NRO disclosed the number of satellites on the launch.
SpaceX launched another set of satellites Thursday for an NRO constellation. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1:13 pm EDT (1717 GMT) on the NROL-167 mission. The launch carried a fourth batch of satellites developed by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for an NRO proliferated constellation designed to track ground targets in near real time. Neither SpaceX nor the NRO disclosed the number of satellites on the launch.
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